Man City website crashed after Pep appointment news

Traffic increased rapidly, paralyzing Man City's official website amid news that Pep Guardiola will return to lead the team from next season.

Pep Guardiola can lead Man City to greater success. Photo: Reuters

On the evening of February 1, Man City posted an announcement on their website about signing a three-year contract with coach Pep Guardiola. The fact that one of the world's most successful coaches joined the Etihad Stadium quickly made fans crazy, and at the same time, the speed of accessing information was accelerated.

Due to lack of preparation, Man City's website was paralyzed. At 20:26, Man City's technical department account had to post a notice on Twitter: "Unfortunately, mcfc.co.uk is struggling to cope with the traffic following today's big news. We will get the situation back to normal soon."

About an hour later, the same account issued a follow-up announcement: "Temporarily, the mcfc.co.uk address will only be used to post club announcements. We will check the traffic and get everything back to normal as soon as possible."

English football fans started to go crazy for Pep after the coach announced that he would leave Bayern at the end of the 2015-2016 season and move to England. Besides Man City, many other teams were also pursuing Pep, including Man Utd and Chelsea.

While in charge of Barca, Pep won three La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues. After moving to Bayern in 2013, the coach has also achieved success and is about to win a third consecutive Bundesliga title.

According to VNE